The International Rechargeable Battery Expo (Battery Japan) held in Tokyo from February 27th to March 1st this year became a focus of the industry.
As the largest rechargeable battery expo in the world, it serves as the technological barometer of the rechargeable battery industry. Every spring, manufacturers of rechargeable batteries, electric vehicles and energy storage applications would gather in Tokyo to discuss about the future of battery development.
This spring, members from the Frontline Team of Tianqi Lithium successfully attended the expo and brought some feedback. As they concluded, the mechanical exhibition hall has more audience than the material exhibition hall; the expo sees more visitors from home than previous years; and the exhibition booth of new technologies attracts many fans.
This means, in a more direct sense, that the promising industry has been integrated, upgraded and expanded.
Industry integration: behind the popularity of the mechanical exhibition hall
"The expo this year reveals a sign that there is a faster integration in the industry, the market competition has been more rational, and the upstream and downstream partnership of the supply chain has been stabilized. Today, with an expanding industry, downstream clients focus more on the upgrading of mechanical technology."
-The frontline team of Tianqi lithium
In addition, after communicating with core users, team members learned that downstream customers will focus more on product quality and stable resource supply, which matches our company’s advantages. This also proves the correctness of our formulating a right R&D direction for key technologies and our commitment to sustainable development.
People at home turn to R&D and production of advanced materials
Japan is known to be a global pioneer in the lithium battery technology, and it had applied such technology in computers and cameras as early as in the 1990s. The Japanese government has been vigorously supporting its enterprises to research and develop high-performance automotive batteries, the goal of which is to achieve an endurance mileage of 500 kilometers by 2030 (which is equal to driving from Tokyo to Osaka after charging only once). Now this has become a reality, ten years ahead of schedule.
The gap between China and top-level countries like Japan in the technology of battery material production still exists. With an expanding production in China, more and more enterprises are willing to attend this expo to search for the most cutting-edge high-tech equipment in the world, so as to meet higher standards for electric vehicle applications.
New technology attracts attention
People are generally interested in new things-- they swarm into the solid-state battery exhibition hall. The Frontline Team found that the solid-state battery, a key focus of Tianqi’s foreign investment, has been classified into two types: sulfide battery and oxide battery. Sulfide solid-state batteries are for vehicles (Lithium metal is highly likely to be used for the negative electrode), while the oxide solid-state batteries are mainly used in daily wearable devices, which has a small size and flexibility (Conventional materials are commonly used).
"The industry was further integrated and upgraded in 2019, and Tianqi Lithium also expanded during the year. By communicating with all sides attending this expo, we are able to understand the market updates in a timely and comprehensive manner, and grasp the trends of related industries. Over these years, Tianqi has accumulated many high quality partners and it would deepen its communications with them through each year’s BATTERY JAPAN. This year we still gained a lot."
-The frontline team of Tianqi lithium
About The International Rechargeable Battery Expo (BATTERY JAPAN)
As one of the eight expos of the Japanese International Smart Energy Week, BATTERY JAPAN is the largest, most specialized and most influential expo in the renewable energy industry in Japan and even the whole Asia. Many distributors, traders, manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and technology service providers from the global energy industry, as well as government officials and academic researchers attend this expo every year.
